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tenzin
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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how to allow listening access of Dropbox audio files within my apps interface

I want to allow users of my app to them be able to connect their dropbox account and select the folder they want to allow access to.    Their folder names and their file names will be displayed in ...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    3 years ago

    Hi tenzin,

    Embeder cannot handle all data types. Currently audio and video files are not supported as noted in the link you refer to. You should organize audio playing in your site by yourself. Selecting particular file or folder can be achieved using Chooser too.

    Good luck.

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

tenzin As Здравко noted, you may want to use Dropbox shared links. The Dropbox Embedder may be useful in that case.

 

Otherwise, Dropbox does offer an API you can use for listing, uploading, and downloading files, among other operations. You can find everything you need to get started with the Dropbox API, including documentation, tutorials, and SDKs here.

 

The following guides may be helpful:

  • tenzin's avatar
    tenzin
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thanks for your response!

     

    I followed the steps in this how to.

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/embedder

     

    I added the embed code and nothing is showing up. I'm having trouble understanding how the users of my app will select the folders from their dropbox that they want to embed into my app. 

  • tenzin's avatar
    tenzin
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I figured out how to embed the folder. But when I click on a folder within the embed, it opens the file on dropbox. Do you know how to open the file within the embed?

    • Здравко's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      3 years ago

      Hi tenzin,

      Embeder cannot handle all data types. Currently audio and video files are not supported as noted in the link you refer to. You should organize audio playing in your site by yourself. Selecting particular file or folder can be achieved using Chooser too.

      Good luck.

      • tenzin's avatar
        tenzin
        Explorer | Level 4
        1 year ago

        Do you know how to implement this on an App built on Bubble.io? I'd be open to hiring you to implement this in my Mobile app if you're interested. 

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